A resident of Elms Avenue, who did not wish to give her name, said: “I’ve been to the doctors and a woman in the waiting room told me there was a hit and run sometime in the early hours of this morning.

“There’s loads of glass on the road near the chip shop.”

Glass on Derby Road, in Ripley, following an incident

One Derby Road resident, who did not wish to give his name, said: “I have no idea what has happened, I just woke up this morning and looked out the front window to see that the police cordon was in place. I haven’t seen anything like forensics officers yet so I don’t know if it has been anything serious like a fight or if someone has been attacked.”

Stephen Jarvis, of Ripley, said: “I’m trying to get to the market but it looks like I will have to go the long way round. I hope it isn’t anything too serious.”

A police van at the scene on Derby Road

Jason Mount, 39, of Ripley, said he saw the cordon when he tried to walk to the gym.

He said: “I had a look on my phone to see if there was anything about what happened on the internet but I couldn’t find anything.”

And another Derby Road resident, who did not wish to give his name, said: “A police officer who was at the cordon told me there had been a hit-and-run but he did not say how serious the injuries might be.

“Whatever happened it must have been around 2am as that was when I went to bed and I did not hear or see anything before then.”

Witnesses or anyone who can help should call the police on 101 now, quoting incident 93 of October 21.